CHLOE I resurfaced from the memory with a sharp gasp, fighting the urge to claw at my neck as the vivid memory of Tyler's grip gradually faded away. My breath was coming fast and hard, and a sheen of sweat covered my forehead. The room around me seemed to be spinning, I swallowed several sharp gulps. "What did you say?" I asked, my voice was low and scratchy, like it had been dragged through a meat grinder. My hands trembled uncontrollably in my lap and I pushed them under my thighs, hoping that the pressure would somehow stop their shaking. "I said, that your ex lover had murdered the traitor by the time Kain and I arrived." He snarled, his voice cold, each word sharp and laced with contempt as he stalked closer until he had closed the gap between us and was standing in front of me,

